Bulb-protector.



M. G. SCHLOTBORN.

BULB PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.10.1910.

990,784. Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

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Specification of Letiters iate nt. Patented APT- 25, 1911- Applicationfiled November 10, 1910. Serial Ito. 591,662.

To all whom it may concern;-

.Be it known that I, MAX G; SoHLo'rBonN,

a'citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg,'in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in- Vented certainnew and useful Improve- I 'the bulb 4. comprises a of which thefolreference being ments in Bulb-Protectors, lowing is a specification,had therein to the especially designed for protecting and shielding thebulbs of automobile horns.

The rimary object of the invention is to provide a metallic hood orshield that can be easily and quickly mounted over the flexible bulb ofan automobile horn to prevent the same from being injured or tamperedwith by juveniles.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide a protectoror shieldofthe above type, that is simple inconstruction, durable, inexpensive tomanufacture, and efficient for the purposes for which it. is intended.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will behereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and referencewillnow be had to the drawin wherein there is illustrated a preferred emodiment of the invention, but it; is to be understood that thestructural elements thereof are susceptible to such chan sco e of theappende claims. p

n the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of anautomobile showing the protector or shield in position. is an enlargedvertical sectionalview of the protector or shield applied to a bulb.-Fig. 3 is an elevation of a detached protector'or shield in an openposition. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a portion of the protector orshield in a closed osition, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectionahview ofthe same- In the drawing the reference numeral 1 denotes the body of anautomobile provided with a horn 2 having a flexible tubing?)v incommunication with a bulb 4.,

The/protector or shield used for inclosing sectional hood, the sections5 and 6 each corresponding in shape to approximately one-half the bulb4, the sections when connected having a balloon shape and when separatedeach section having the upper end thereof corresponding to the quarterof a hollow sphere and the opposite end gradually tapering. to a .neck.

accompanying drawingf This invention relates to a bulb protector edgethereof cut-away,

I ployed, and this es as fall within the- Fig. 2

- automobile;

flexible compressible v The confronting edges of the sections "5 and- 6are flanged, as at 7, and the upper edges of said sections are hinged orpivotally connected together, as at 8. The lower ends of the.sectionszterminate in semi-cylindrical members 9 and 10, which whenbrought together form a sleeve hood. The member 9 has oneedge thereofcut-away, as at 11, and the member 10 one cut-away edges providlng. averticalslot 13 when the members'9 and 10 are brought together. Theupper end of the slot 13 is ada ted to communicate with a bayonet slot.

14-tormed in the member 10.

To retain the members 9 and 10 together in the-form 'of'a slee've,acollali 15 1s emcollar is provided with an inwardly projecting button orheaded pin 16 adapted to ride upwardly in tlieslot 13 and engage in thebayonet-shaped slot 14: whereby the collar 15 will,.be lockedinfingagement with the members 9 and 10'and said members embracing theupper end of v the tube 3 and the lower end of the bulb 4.

The section 5 has the edges thereof provided with guide-ffiangesflsoldered or otherwise connected, as at 18, to the .sections 5, saidguideflanges guiding the ed es of the section 6 into engagement with thesection 5, as best shown in Fig.5 of the drawings. The collar 15 isplaced over the upper end "of the tube 3 prior to securing a bulb tosaid tube, consequently the collar cannot become accidentally displacedand it is always in easy reach of the operator of the automobile whlenit is desired tolock the hood upon the bu b.

The protector or' shield is made" of light at'the lower end of the as at12, these two and durable metal and can be finished to V harmonize withthe'metallic fittings of the 'What I claim, is:

, 1. A protector of the type described comprising sections having the uof pivotally connected toget per ends thereer, semi-cylindrical memberscarried by the lower ends of 'saidsections, a collar mounted upon {saidmembers to retain said sections together, and said collar and membersprovided with means for detachably'securmg the collar upon the members.

2'. A- bulb protector comprising a sectional hood, with the sectionsthereof hinged together and each section corresponding in shape toapproximately one-half of the bulb,

gether and to slide over said members to retain said sections together,a bayonet slot connection between said members and said collar, andguide flanges carried by one-of said sections and adapted to guide theother of said sections into'engage'ment therewith.

4. A bulb protector comprising two sections having the upper endsthereof hinged together, guide flanges carried by one of said sectionsand adapted to-guide the other section into engagement therewith,semi-cylindrical members carried by-the lower ends of said sections, oneof said members having a bayonet-shaped slot formed therein, a collaradapted to slide over said members, and a button carried by said collarand adapted to ride into said bayonet-shaped slot to retain said collarupon said members.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

MAX G. SCHLOTBORN;

VVitneSses:

CHRISTINA T. H001), EVA A. MILNE.

